Planooraph co



0. E. BURNELL' HAY'STACKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1910.

1,309,01 6. Patented July 8, 1919.

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HAY STACKHL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY I0. 1918.

1,309,016. v Patehted July 8,1919.

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ATTORNEY THE COLUMBIA .PLANOGRAPH co., wAsx-lmd'rou. D. C.

OSCAR E. BURNELL, OF GARIBOU, MINNESOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

HAY-STAGKER.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Application filed July 10, 1918. Serial No. 244,289.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, OSCAR E. BURNELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Caribou, in the county of Kittson and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and I minimum of parts which may be readily assembled or disassembled and, when disassembled, may be readily transported from one field of operation to another. Still another object is to provide a stacker by means of which hay may be readily removed from the wagon or rack and deposited upon the stack being formed. Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a detail of one of the beams or standards of the stacker;

.Fig. 2 is a perspective side view of a stacker constructed in accordance with my invention when positioned forsettin up;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the stacker 1n operative position;

Fig. 4: is a side view of the stacker in operative position, the position which the stacker occupies for removing a load of hay from a rack being indicated in dotted line;

.Fig. 5 is a side view similar to Fig. 4: showing a modified form of operating connections;

V Fig. 6 is a fragmentary side view illustrating the manner in which windlasses may be used for operating the stacker.

In constructing the stacker I use two beams onstahdards, such as illustrated in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. Each of these beams may be formed from a timber of suitable length and is provided with a substantially V-shaped out 2 in its lower end, the beam tapering uniformly upwardly and being provided with a downwardly tapering block or cle'at 3 secured to one face adjacent the upper end thereof. These two beams 1 are placed in position with their upper'end portions at an acute angle and are secured together by means of a wrapping 4 of rope or other suitable tying medium. As will be noted more clearly from Fig. 3, the downwardly tapering blocks 3 are positioned on the inner faces of the beams'so that, when the beams are secured together, the lower ends of these blocks are in engagement, or in substantially the same plane. 1 when thus secured together form what might be termed a stacking tower so that, by operating this tower in a proper manner, hay may be shifted thereby froma wagon or rack onto astack being formed,

The opposed cleats or blocks 3gprovide a downwardly converging passage which receives a cable 5 which depends from the The beams stacking tower and supports at its lower end a pulley block 6. A stacking cable 7 is passed over the pulley block 6 and carries a fork 8 at one end for engagement with the hay to be stacked. Thiscable 7 is passed over a pulley carried by a pulley block 9 which is swiveled, as at 10, to one of the legs or standards 1 of the tower, the lower end portion of this standard being set into the ground so as to prevent slippage thereof, as indicated in Fig. 3. As a further safeguard against slippage of the legs of the tower, suitable stakes 11 are inserted through the V-shaped recesses or cutouts 2 and act to prevent either forwardor rearward movement of the lower ends of the legs of the tower. A double-tree 12 is secured to the other end of stacking cable 7 and car ries the swingletrees '13 by means of which draft animals may be attached to the cable. In this manner, the cable 7 may be drawn over the pulley in block 6 so as to raise or lower the fork 8, as required.

A guy rope 14 is secured at its upper end to the stacking tower adjacent the intersection of the legs or beams l thereof. This guyrope is provided with a ring 15 at its lower end through which is secured a tower adjusting rope 16 connected to a block and tackle designated generally by "17 which is connected at its lower end to a stake 18. A guy rope 19 is also secured at its upper end to the stacking tower adjacent the intersection of the beams 1, the lower end ofthis guy rope being carried by a block and tackle designated generally by 20 the lower end of which is secured to a'stake 21 'ositioned at the opposite side of the'stacklng tower to stake 18. A pulley 22 is secured to stake 21 and receives a cable 23 passed there about, one end of this cable being secured to the ring 24 which connects guy rope 19 to ad'- justing rope 25 carried by the block and tackle 20, the other end of this cable being secured to the double tree 12. After the tower has been set up in operative position, the inclination of the tower 1-0 toward. either of the stakes 18 or 21 may be adjusted to suit circumstances. In practice, the inclination of the tower will be such, when inclined toward the stake 21-, that the hay fork 8 will be positioned above the most distant end of the stack to be formed. The hay wagon or rack containing a load of hay to be. stacked will then be driven in front of the stacking tower soas to occupy a position between the legs 1- 0f the tower and the stake 18, the tower being first swung into such a position as to incline toward this stake. This may be readily accomplished by pulling on the guy rope lat sufliciently'to swing the upper end of the tower beyond the ver ticalv in the direction of the stake 18, after which the tower will move by gravity into the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4, the guy rope 19 being tensioned and the rope 1 L hanging loose or slack. This brings the fork 6 in position directly over the load of hay, after which the fork may be lowered and then raised, so as to remove the hay from the rack, in the well known manner. By driving the draft team 6 hitched to the double trees 13' away from the stackingtower, and toward the stake 18, the operating cable 23 will be tensioned so as to tighten guy rope 19 and swing the stacking tower into its initial position so as to be inclined toward the'stake 21. Also, dur ing this operation, the stacking cable 7 will be tensioned soas tobe drawn over the pulleys 6 and 9 thus raising the fork 8 with its load of hay into such position as to clear the wagon or rack and the stack being formed: By driving the draft team proper-ly, this fork 6 may be raised simultaneously with the swinging of the tower into stacking position, or if preferred, it may be raised before the movement of the tower. After the tower has thus been swung into: stacking position, and the fork has been raised, the fork may be opened by means of thetrip-rope 26 thus discharging the hay carried thereby onto the stack. In this manner, the stacking tower may be alternately swung! in one directionand then in! the other direction for removing hay from a rack orwagon and placing it upon a stack. The inclination of the stacking tower, or its amplitude of movement in either direction maybe limited and adjusted by. means of the guyropes and the associated blocks and tackles.

. Eachof' the beams 1 ofvthe stacking tower is provided, adjacent its lower end, with a transverse bore which receives a rod 27 inserted therethrough, this rod being of such length as to" project beyond the lateral faces of the beam. By engaging a suitable bar or lever with the rod 27, the lower end of this lever resting upon the ground, the beams may be moved away from the stake 21. The stacking: tower can, in this manner, he gradually moved away from stake 21 as the stack is formed thuspermitting a stack of relatively great length to be easily made. It will be understood, of course, that the guy ropes will be adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of the stacking tower relative to the stake 21 which is positioned closely. adjacent the starting point of the stack.

- \Vhile I- have described the stacker as being used for stacking'hay' only, it may also be used for loading hay from the stack onto a wagon or rack. In this case, the tower may be placed astride of the'stack, the guy ropes beingadjusted so as to permit the tower to swing a proper distance in either direction, after which the fork is loaded andthe tower swung in proper direction to bring the fork over thehayrack, the hay being then discharged from the fork. By having the tower straddle the central por tion of the stack, the hay maybe readily.

loaded onto a wagon or rack positioned at either side of'the stack.

To permit the tower tobe-readily moved into operative position, or set up, stacking cable 7 may be utilized to raise thetower. For this purpose, cable 7 is secured: to the stake 18 after being: inserted through the pulley block Gand passedoverthe lpulley carried thereby, the draft animals-being hitched to the double trees as before. A suitable supporting frame 28' is: placed between the beams 1, this frame-acting to support the cable 7 between thestake l8 and pulley 6. The upper onsmaller end of the tower is supported in raised position by a stool 29 so as to'be held a considerable dis tance above the ground surface. When the cable? is tensionedand drawn through the pulley 6; this cable wilt serve to pull the tower upwardly into operative position', in which position it issecuredby the guy ropes andassociated blocks and cables in themanner previously described. During this op 8, thus swinging this fork into position over the stack being formed for unloading. The operation of this form is the same as the form previously described with the exception that the tower mav be tilted into nosition for removing hay from a rack or wagon by means of the cables 23 thus avoiding the necessity of manual manipulation of the tower and rendering its operation much easier. In the form illustrated in Fig. 6, the cables 23, 23 and 7, are operated by means of windlasses 23 23 and 7*. Except for the provision of the windlasses, the operation of this form of stack is the same as that illustrated in Fig. 5. While the mechanism is specially adapted for stacking hay and similar purposes, it may also be used to good advantage as a derrick for lifting purposes and moving heavy objects from one position to another. This is especially true of the form illustrated in Fig. 6, in which the windlasses permit relatively great power to be exerted and give positive and direct control of the tower.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may be considered the preferred or approved form of invention. It is to be understood however, that I may make such changes in construction and arrangement and combination of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as may pair of standards, secured together adjacent their upper ends, the lower ends of said standards having V-shaped recesses, pegs passing through said recesses and into the ground for holding the lower ends of the standards from slipping, bars extending transversely through said standards to points above the recesses thereof, thus permitting implements to be inserted under the bars to allow the standards to be lifted and shifted at their lower ends to disengage said pegs, whereby the standards may be shifted along as the stack is being built, lifting means connected to said standards and means adjustably connected to said standards for limiting the rocking movement of said standards although permitting of movement of the standards along as the stack is being built.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR E. BURNELL. Witnesses J. A. MOKIBBIN, WILLIAM MJLLIN.

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